Lowrider '69 under construction

If you select the 640 px width when loading pic's they won't get chopped off.

I've got your wheels.

How are you planning on lowering? I've considered a few different methods to lower the front of my van without screwing it up and like to hear what others are planning

Russell wrote:I've got your wheels.

What do you have?

chiefcrewdog wrote:How are you planning on lowering?  I've considered a few different methods to lower the front of my van without screwing it up and like to hear what others are planning

I am going to bag it.. Unfortunately on hold right now, my buddy is covid positive.

Hi Russell... been out of the forum for a while, do you still have those wires by any chance?

fperez1975 wrote:Hi Russell... been out of the forum for a while, do you still have those wires by any chance?

Nope, sold them cheap a long time ago.

Greetings fellow vanners... Not sure if the photo is uploaded correctly but I hope you enjoy this, more to come..

Sorry,... The lowrider idea went out the window when I dropped an LS in it since the oil pan is sitting about 6" off the ground. The front disk conversion was the hardest part. Now time to get the interior shagged up.

I really like the paint!
Glad you decided to take it slow on the lowering.....

You can't really go all that low on the front of an early van with those tall wheels unless you are willing to cut out the top of the wheel wells and the bottoms of the doors and that is the same space you need for seating, soooohh...
Everybody's style is different, but I chose front tires between 25 and 26 inches tall and not too wide so that I could do a front axle flip, and because I left the rear suspension stock, the front practically dragged on the ground with my first-version flip saddles.....

@azdon.. looks great! Thanks man, yeah I really don't want to start chopping stuff up on the bottom and go down that rabbit hole. For now a deflector plate to protect the oil pan and see where we go from there!

I wouldn't be too worried about 6 inches of oil pan clearance unless it's lower than the axle....
The stuff that is more likely to scrape is ahead of the front axle......Anything low between the axles is only vulnerable in "high-center" situations such as dropping the front wheels over tall speed bumps....Look at most GM cars from the last 45 years of the previous century.... Most of them don't have a lot more than 6 inches clearance at the pan, but have a massive crossmember ahead that is slightly lower....
The legal standard in most states is that no part of the car should touch the ground if it were on it's wheels without tires mounted (called "less than rim height in Ca).....

Great callouts Don! much appreciated! The other issue "maybe" is the swaybar had to come off to accommodate the master cylinder and booster set up. I am interested to get some feedback

I relocated my master cylinder because the sway bar I chose had a space conflict.... A bellcrank now operates it now and it works as it should, but if I were to do a 2.0 version, I'd make the end of the bellcrank arm operated by the pedal longer than the end pushing the plunger because that would emulate power brakes without the booster....
There are a dozen different ways to accomplish a modification on these vans if you are willing to do some fabrication and use good math.....The pedal on these vans has five times the available travel as what they use and some of that travel can be used to improve pedal ratio/leverage....